FMC Signals Move to Collect Harbor Maintenance Tax on Land-Entered U.S.-Bound Imports Routed via Canada and Mexico
Two U.S. Federal Maritime Commission commissioners, Max Vekich and Laura DiBella, said the Administration is taking steps tied to Section 6 of the April 2025 Executive Order on restoring maritime dominance to close the...
World Maritime Forum Copenhagen 2026 Review
Copenhagen’s high level maritime meet-up, compressed into two days. World Maritime Forum is built for decision-led conversations: regulation and decarbonisation pressure, operational safety, digital and AI adoption, cyber risk, shipbuilding and repair, plus an...
Drewry WCI Drops Again (Blank Sailings Rise as Late-January Softness Spreads)
Drewry’s World Container Index for 22 Jan 2026 fell 10% to $2,212 per 40ft, the second straight weekly decline. Drewry cited broad weakness across Transpacific and Asia to Europe, with Shanghai to Los Angeles...
Blue Visby Review: Turning idle time into fuel savings
Blue Visby tackles one of shipping’s strangest habits: sailing fast to port just to sit at anchor. Through a coordinated arrival platform that tells ships how much they can safely slow down without losing...
ADNOC Offshore Award Keeps Middle East EPCI Demand Visible
ADNOC has awarded McDermott a major offshore EPCI package tied to the Nasr-115 Expansion Project at the Al Nasr offshore field in the UAE. The award is being described in the $750 million to...
Alpha Gas returns to LNG newbuilds as 2029 delivery slots sell
Alpha Gas has placed an order for two LNG carriers at Hanwha Ocean’s Okpo yard under a contract disclosed at about KRW 738.3bn (roughly $500m), with deliveries scheduled for 2029. The order was announced...
Sanctions Enforcement Shifts From Paperwork to Interdiction
France’s navy boarded and intercepted the tanker GRINCH in the western Mediterranean, describing it as a Russia-linked “shadow fleet” case involving suspected false-flag behavior. The operation was reported as being carried out under the...
Revolutionizing Hull Cleaning: 20 Technologies That Could Save Millions
Hull cleaning is turning into a real operating lever instead of a drydock-only chore. The practical shift is that more fleets are moving toward proactive, repeatable maintenance cleaning (often with capture) plus smarter “cleaning...
London Gateway Breaks 3m TEU and UK Box Volume Gravity Tilts Toward the Thames
London Gateway handled more than 3 million TEU in 2025, up from about 1.9 million TEU in 2024, according to DP World reporting. DP World also said its combined UK throughput across London Gateway...
Ofiniti Review: One digital record for every fuel delivery
Ofiniti sits in the plumbing of bunkering rather than on the bridge: a digital delivery platform that turns fuel orders, barge schedules and paper BDNs into one shared workflow for suppliers and shipowners. Spun...
EU ETS Ferry Step Up Faces Growing Resistance
Ferry operators are pushing back harder on EU ETS cost exposure right as the system is scheduled to move from 70% coverage to full coverage. Interferry is calling for the ferry sector’s surrender obligation...
EUROMARITIME 2026 Review
Marseille turns into a compact deal floor for the Euro Mediterranean maritime and river economy during EUROMARITIME. Over three days, shipbuilding and repair, port development, maritime technologies, and operators and public stakeholders come together...
Container Ordering Wave Stays Alive at the Top End
COSCO Shipping is reported to have contracted 12 LNG dual-fuel 18,000 TEU class container ships at Jiangnan Shipyard (with China Shipbuilding Trading involved), with deliveries slated for 2028 to 2029. At roughly RMB 1.4bn...
Shadow Fleet Scrutiny Rises as Russia Issues Warnings
UK and regional partners are publicly discussing tougher action against vessels described as part of the Russian “shadow fleet,” with particular attention on ships whose flag status is disputed or unverifiable. Russia has responded...
Biofouling Technology: 2026 Guide
Biofouling is becoming a 2026 board-level maintenance topic because it sits at the intersection of fuel performance, invasive species risk, and what ports will allow for in-water cleaning. The practical shift is toward “keep...
IEA Puts a 4.25M bpd Q1 2026 Surplus on the Board
IEA just put a big number on the early-2026 balance: the agency says the global oil market is set for a deep surplus in Q1 2026, driven partly by seasonal refinery maintenance that reduces...
LNG Shipping Pipeline Nudges Up Again (Alpha Gas Adds 2 Newbuild LNGCs at Hanwha Ocean)
Hanwha Ocean disclosed a two LNG carrier order worth KRW 738.3bn (about $502m) with deliveries scheduled by June 29, 2029. Trade reporting identifies Alpha Gas as the buyer, with Alpha Gas saying the pair...
Suez Return Playbook 2026: Who Re-enters, Who Stays Cape, and the Capacity Math
The Suez return is starting to look less like a single “all clear” moment and more like a service-by-service test: one confirmed structural re-entry, a few selective bets, and several carriers keeping Cape routing...
2026 Arctic Ice Trials Outlook: Escort Capacity, “Shadow LNG” Workarounds, and a Busier NSR Summer Window
The Arctic story in 2026 isn’t one ice-trial headline, it’s whether Russia can turn winter movement into a repeatable system while the Northern Sea Route (NSR) simultaneously gets more “commercially testable” for non-Russian cargo....
Dry Bulk Mood Whipsaws (BDI Bounces Hard After a Weak Week)
After finishing the week at 1,567 (reported as a six-month low) on Jan 16, 2026, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rebounded sharply: 1,650 on Jan 19 (+83) and 1,729 on Jan 20 (+79 /...
Smart Ports: 2026 Guide
Smart ports are turning into live operating systems: terminals, vessel traffic, truck gates, and service providers share more real-time data so the port can predict congestion, sequence moves, and reduce avoidable waiting. The practical...
US–Russia Maritime Friction getting more physical
UK officials are openly discussing tougher action against “shadow-fleet” tankers transiting near British waters, while Moscow is warning that any interference will draw a response, now including the visible possibility of state escorting for...
Ensemble Analytics Review: From spreadsheet rosters to live Port Schedules
Ensemble Analytics sits in the background of port operations: its Athena platform uses data science and machine learning to turn messy terminal rosters, shifting vessel windows and skills constraints into workable workforce schedules that...
Costamare’s “up to 12” Boxship talks put a fresh marker on Forward Supply
Costamare is being linked in shipbroking/market chatter to discussions in China for up to 12 newbuild container vessels around 9,200 TEU, a step up in size from the company’s recently disclosed 3,100 TEU newbuild...
Seatrade Maritime Qatar 2026 Review
Seatrade Maritime Qatar 2026 is a two-day Doha meet-up built for commercial decisions in the Gulf. It is where ports, operators, cargo interests, offshore, and maritime services align around Qatar’s logistics priorities, practical decarbonization...
Black Sea Approvals Tighten Again as CPC Loading Redundancy Shrinks
Black Sea shipping has taken another step-change in operational sensitivity after the drone-attack cluster around the CPC export corridor, with the export system now described as effectively operating through a single active offshore loading...
15 Ways AI is Quietly Taking Over the Shipping Industry
AI in shipping rarely shows up as a single “robot ship moment.” It shows up as quieter improvements to decisions that happen thousands of times a day: what the bridge notices, when maintenance is...
Starlink for Ships: 2026 Guide
Starlink has changed expectations onboard fast: crews now assume video calls, cloud apps, and real-time support at sea, while operators care about one thing even more, whether connectivity stays usable when the ship is...
Greenland Tariff Standoff: Europe–U.S. trade friction re-enters shipping’s lane planning
Tariff escalation tied to Greenland has moved from rhetoric into an actionable timeline, with reporting that the U.S. plans additional 10% import tariffs starting Feb. 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany,...
EU and UK Cut the Russian Crude Price Cap Again as the Dynamic Mechanism Kicks In
The EU and UK have aligned on a lower Russian crude oil price-cap level under the EU’s new “dynamic” adjustment mechanism, with the updated cap taking effect on February 1. The change is set...